I used to work with a guy whose brother was a cattle rancher in central
Oklahoma. When he built a new house on the ranch, he brought in two
surplus railroad refrigerator cars, placed them 35 feet apart and
strapped them down to large concrete anchors that were buried in the
ground. Those became the bedrooms for the house and the rest of the
house was built between them. Should work.
Paul in Portland OR
On 5/21/2013 11:12 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
> I've thought the same thing Chuck and am surprised, given the long
> history of tornadoes in the area, that more homes don't have basements or
> at the very least a 5"x5"x5" steel-reinforced concrete "bolt hole" that was
> at least partially below grade and have a slide steel door. Those monsters
> are truly frightening. They would only cost a few hundred to build at time
> of construction and to my mind should be part of the building code in
> tornado alley. But you know how that goes.
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